Phalloceros uai
| Phalloceros uai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. uai
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros uai Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros uai, the one spot toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Phalloceros uai is found in the Rio das Velhas, in the Rio São Francisco basin in Brazil.[2]
Size
[edit]The females of this species grow to a total length of 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in), while males remain smaller at 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in).[2]
Habitat
[edit]The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is an interjection usually served to express surprise, which is used by the natives of Minas Gerais, Brazil incidentally where this species occurs, as an homage to the author's birthplace, Minas Gerais, [3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros uai". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 February 2025.